Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-01-15

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The public schools Of Grass Valley are ov-
er crowded.
Napa county has just paid $4,000 Of its
bonded debt.
Santa Rosa nurseries shipped trees to New
Zealand Tuesday.
The Van Doren embezzlement case is now
on trial at Petaluma.
Deer and pigeons are plentiful in the
foothills Of Fresno county.
San Diego is to have her claims to free
delivery postal system inquired into.
Graders will commence work on the San
to Rosa and Bcnicia road in two weeks.
A rich gold mine is said to have been dis.
covered on the Kell ranch near San Jose.
Grading will soon begin onl the proposed
railroad between Calabasa andsrucson, A. T.
Olives grown in the neighborhood of San
ia Rosa are claimed to be Of very superior
flavor.
George Henderson will be tried at Orc.
vile on the charge of robbing the stage last
December.
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S express Office at
Vlna, Tehama county, was robbed Of 5000
Monday night.
It is reported that Spriger, the Cotton
murderer, has been arrested at Oceanside,
San Diego county.
The value Of the bullion stolen from the
St. Augustine mine in Sonora, Mexico, is
said to be $4,000.
Louis Morrison while playing 'Mephisto.
piles" at Salt Lake last Saturday night was
stabbed through the hand.
Matt Thorn, who killed Mexican at Te-
hachepi on the 9TH ult., was found guilty Of
manslaughter Wednesday.
Tramps at Santa Rosa are hereafter to be
treated in such a way that they will prefer
accommodations elsewhere.
Indications are that the main vein in the
coal mine on Mark West creek, near Santa
Rosa, will soon be reached.
Grain crops in the vicinity Of Santa Rosa
are said to be looking unusually we'll, not
withstanding the small rainfall.
Ice is reported to have formed from one
fourth to one.half an inch thick the first Of
the week in the coast counties OF Califor.
MIA.
Incendiaries fred several stacks of hay
and house belonging to R. E. Houghton,
about eight miles from Bakersfield, Monday
night.
| Frank Daniels charged with the murder Of
Pat Cronin, at Lewiston, Trinity county,
was taken from his cabin last Mnnday by a
mob and hanged.
Ben Garfield, of Olympia, w. T., while
hunting this week, slipped and fell from a
log. The load in his gun was discharged
into his head, killing him instantly.
The man who was arrested at San Luis
Obispo for J. Constine, the person want ed
at Santa Crnz for forgery, proved to be the
wrong man, and he has been discharged from
custody.
Benica has given the right Of way for the
Santa Rosa and Benicia Central Railway
and has granted an election to vote upon
$ro,o 900 subsidy and an additional $1,000 if
the company's shops are located there.
Careful interviews with leading orchard
lists at Riverside as to the extent of the dam.
age by frost, show that not more than per
cent of the orange fruit has been injured.
The outside report that half the crop was
destroyed has caused considerable feeling at
Riverside.
c. F. Laughlin, who claimed to be obey.
ing the will of God, entered saloon at San
Luis Obispo Wednesday and proceeded to
demolish the bottles behind the bar. He
succeeded in causing about $40 damage be-
fore he was checked and jailed. He will
have an examination as to his sanity.
A report has been received by Chinese
merchants at Victoria regarding large num-
Der of Chinese who left there for Mexico sew.
eral months ago. The poor fellows, it is
stated, have been sadly neglected by the
Chinese company and have been compelled
to take refuge in the mountains, where they
are starving to death.
An irrigation company, with capital OF
$I2o, 900, has just been Incorporated at Ben
son, A. T.. by several wealthy Arizona cit-
zens. This company will build canal and
dig bitches for the purpose of supplying
water irrigation. The ditch will be ninety
miles long and extend from Rellito creek to
Santa Cruz in northwesterly direction to
the ella river.